An unusually deep low for June brought severe gusts to the far north of Scotland.
81mph gust at Kirkwall Airport, weather report says 76mph gust
BBC forecasts from 12th June and 13th June 2000
2010: 8.83C
Feb 2011- Jan 2012: 10.84C
June 2012-May 2013: 8.93C
Quite a sandwich contrast.
What is so strange is the coolest summer for 23 years lies in the middle of that warm period.